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72-829: 13 of his films were screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival . He received the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement, accompanied by the screening of his 1962 film Salvatore Giuliano . In 2012 the Venice Biennale awarded Rosi the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement . Rosi was born in Naples in 1922. His father worked in the shipping industry, but was also a cartoonist and had, at one time, been reprimanded for his satirical drawings of Benito Mussolini and King Vittorio Emmanuel III . During

144-573: A FIAPF guideline that said: "All film festivals should contribute to better understanding between nations". Stevens claimed that the film, which includes a gang rape of a Vietnamese woman by American soldiers during the Vietnam War , was anti-American . One jury member, Dušan Makavejev , protested against this measure, stood up for the film and supported Verhoeven and producer Rob Houwer . Verhoeven defended his film by stating in these terms: "I have not made an anti-American film... The biggest part of

216-556: A Neapalitan mafioso boss over control of the fabric market. Shipman writes: I magliari (1959) also concerns racketeers, and they are rival con-men ( Alberto Sordi , Renato Salvatori ) preying on their compatriots, immigrant workers in Germany. Sordi, like the protagonist in La sfida , manages to antagonise his colleagues more than his rivals – and this was to be a continuing theme in Rosi's films. For

288-560: A Bronze Berlin Bear, determined by audience vote, were also awarded from 1952 to 1955. After the FIAPF ruled to allow it, an official international jury determined the prizes from 1956 onwards, and in the same year a second Golden Bear was added, for best short film , as well as a second category of award, the Silver Bear, for individual achievements in acting or directing. In 1965, a runner-up prize to

360-456: A Silver Bear International Prize. As of 2022 , the Golden Bear for Best Film is awarded to the producers of the best feature film . As of 2022 , the categories of Silver Bear awards are: The Honorary Golden Bear has been awarded for lifetime achievement since 1982, when it was awarded to James Stewart . It is presented to someone with an exceptional artistic career, and is given to

432-516: A Time ..."). The film starred Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif , although Rosi had initially asked for the part to be played by Marcello Mastroianni . His 1970 film Many Wars Ago ("Uomini contro") dealt with the futility of war, focusing on the Trentino Front of 1916–17 during World War I , where Italian officers made unrealistic demands of the men under their command. It was based on the novel Un anno sull'altopiano by Emilio Lussu . The lead

504-431: A UN man. Norman Mailer described the film as "the most careful, the most thoughtful, the truest, and the most sensitive to the paradoxes to a society of crime". In 1976 followed Illustrious Corpses ("Cadaveri eccellenti"), based on the novel Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia , with Lino Ventura . The film is praised highly by Shipman, who describes it as: "a film so rich, so powerful and so absorbing that it leaves

576-457: A crusading, investigative journalist concerned with the corruption and inequalities of the economically depressed Italian south. He believed that “the audience should not be just passive spectators”: he wanted to make people think and question. The British Film Institute , recognising that Rosi had made historical films, war pictures and family dramas, in a directorial career that spanned almost four decades, said "he will be remembered above all as

648-562: A fairy-tale tone, a marginal event in the days leading up to the end of World War II, in Tuscany, as seen through the eyes of some village people. The film was awarded the Special Jury Award in Cannes. Kaos (1984)—another literary adaptation—is a poignantly beautiful and poetical film in episodes, taken from Luigi Pirandello 's Short Stories for a year . In Il sole anche di notte (1990)

720-778: A film officer of the Information Service Branch of the American High Commissioner for Germany stationed in Berlin, proposed the idea of a film festival in Berlin. The proposal was put through a committee, which included members of the Senate of Berlin and people from the German film industry , on 9 October 1950. Through his efforts and influence, the American military administration was persuaded to assist and to give loans for

792-524: A film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit. The trade fair serves distributors, film buyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The Berlinale Talents , a week-long series of lectures and workshops, is a gathering of young filmmakers held in partnership with the festival. During the peak of the Cold War in 1950, Oscar Martay ,

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864-591: A lot of films I never would have otherwise seen... He was a wonderful actor. He helped you physically as an actor. If he had trouble explaining something, he could act it out, and all the actors understood." Awarded by British Academy of Film and Television Arts : Awarded at the Cannes Film Festival : The Nastro d'Argento , awarded by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani: Awarded at

936-473: A new attempt in which he no longer believes. Their next film Padre Padrone (1977) ( Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival ), taken from a novel by Gavino Ledda , speaks of the struggle of a Sardinian shepherd against the cruel rules of his patriarchal society. In Il prato (1979) there are nonrealistic echoes, while La notte di San Lorenzo ( The Night of the Shooting Stars , 1982) narrates, in

1008-468: A political or ethical level, combined with engaging storytelling and splendid visuals." On 27 October 2010 he became an honorary citizen of Matelica , the birthplace of Enrico Mattei , while in 2013, in the presence of the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage Massimo Bra, he was given the honorary citizenship of Matera , where he had shot three of his films. In 2014 he took part in the film Born in

1080-463: A simple end credit "For Francesco Rosi". The Variety Movie Guide says of Rosi: "Most films by Francesco Rossi probe well under the surface of people and events to establish a constant link between the legal and the illegal exercise of power." Writing Rosi's obituary in The Guardian , David Robinson and John Francis Lane said: In his best films, the director Francesco Rosi ... was essentially

1152-502: A specific film. The three Spanish films which were screened at the festival and won it were short film Ascensor directed by Tomás Muñoz and feature films La palabras de Max by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and Las truchas by José Luis García Sánchez . The 1978 festival also saw the start of the European Film Market as well as a new section, "Cinema for People Six and up" (which later became "Kinderfilmfest"). Just before

1224-921: Is an annual film festival held in Berlin , Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's " Big Three " film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the " Big Five ", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz . They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for

1296-553: Is generally considered the first of his films concerning political issues, later to be expressed in the flexible and spontaneous acting of Gian Maria Volonté . Rosi himself explained the film's purpose: "What interests me passionately is how a character behaves in the relation to the collectivity of society. I'm not making a study of character but of society. To understand what a man is like in his private drama you must begin to understand him in his public life". In The Moment of Truth ("Il momento della verità", 1965), Rosi changed what

1368-502: Is hell." The years 1972 to 1976 cemented Rosi's reputation internationally as a director who dealt with controversial subjects such as the mysterious death of oil magnate Enrico Mattei ( The Mattei Affair , 1972, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival ); the political machinations around gangster Lucky Luciano ( Lucky Luciano , 1974), and corruption in the judiciary, Illustrious Corpses ("Cadaveri Eccellenti", 1976). During

1440-529: Is independently awarded by European Film Promotion at Berlinale Palast. There are also many other prizes given by independent juries (not connected to the Berlinale) at the event. These include, among others: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Paolo Taviani ( Italian: [ˈpaːolo taˈvjaːni] ; 8 November 1931 – 29 February 2024) and Vittorio Taviani ( [vitˈtɔːrjo taˈvjaːni] ; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as

1512-421: Is played by Mark Frechette and the cost of the film was such that Rosi needed to secure Yugoslavian collaboration. Shipman writes: "The Alpine battlefield has been imaginatively and bloodily re-created, and photographed in steely colours by Pasqualino De Santis , but Rosi's urge to say something important – doubtless intense after the last two films – resulted only in cliché: that military men are fanatics and war

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1584-744: Is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. In its first year in 1951, it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories, by an all-German jury. From 1952 to 1955, the Golden and Silver Bears were awarded by audience voting, as the FIAPF had determined after the first festival that only the Cannes and the Venice film festivals were allowed to appoint official juries. A Silver Bear ( Silberner Bär ) and

1656-713: The Berlin International Film Festival : Rosi directed 20 films, starting with some scenes in Goffredo Alessandrini 's Red Shirts . His last film was The Truce in 1997. Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival ( German : Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin ), usually called the Berlinale ( German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ),

1728-523: The Noack Foundry . The main prizes in the festival are those awarded by the international jury since 1956, which today include the Golden Bear and various Silver Bears. In 1956, apart from the Golden Bear, there were also Silver Bears awarded by the new international feature film jury for best director, best actress, best actor, best outstanding single achievement, outstanding artistic contribution, and

1800-582: The Second World War Rosi went to college alongside Giorgio Napolitano who was to become Italian President . He studied law and then embarked on a career as an illustrator of children's books. At the same time he began working as a reporter for Radio Napoli  [ it ] . There he became friendly with Raffaele La Capria , Aldo Giuffrè and Giuseppe Patroni Griffi , with each of whom he would later often collaborate. His show business career began in 1946 as an assistant to Ettore Giannini for

1872-576: The Taviani brothers , Ettore Scola and Valerio Zurlini . Dealing with a corrupt postwar Italy, Rosi's movies take on controversial issues, such as Salvatore Giuliano , a film that won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival in 1962. The film examined the life of the Sicilian gangster Giuliano , using the technique of a long series of flashbacks. Shipman suggests that

1944-755: The Taviani brothers , were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on numerous film productions. At the Cannes Film Festival , the Taviani brothers won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI prize for Padre Padrone in 1977 and the Grand Prix du Jury for La notte di San Lorenzo ( The Night of the Shooting Stars , 1982). In 2012 they won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with Caesar Must Die . Both born in San Miniato , Tuscany, Italy,

2016-550: The festival was re-formed and a new International Forum for New Cinema was created. 1975 saw the first East German film to be entered into the festival, Jacob the Liar . At the premiere of In the Realm of the Senses in 1976, the film was confiscated in the projection room by Berlin police and the "Forum" management criminally accused of the public screening a pornographic film. Bauer

2088-548: The 1979 festival, Donner announced that he was resigning. The festival also saw further controversy that year when the Soviet Union and other socialist states withdrew their films and delegates in protest at the selection of The Deer Hunter and their solidarity with "the heroic people of Vietnam". Donner was followed by Moritz de Hadeln , who held the position from 1980 until director Dieter Kosslick took over in 2001. In 1981, de Hadeln only nominated one German film for

2160-594: The 2022 event, still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , 156,472 tickets were sold. About 400 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards, the Golden Bear and Silver Bears. In 2022, festival was receiving €10.3 million from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. There was consideration given by

2232-450: The American people today is against the war in Vietnam". Other directors taking part in the festival withdrew their films in protest, and the jury was accused of censorship and eventually disbanded, so no prizes were awarded and the competition was suspended. This scandal had such a big effect that it was unclear if the festival would continue to take place the next year. The following year,

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2304-673: The Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. The film was also selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards , but it did not make the final shortlist. On 15 April 2018, Vittorio Taviani died in Rome after a long illness at the age of 88. Paolo Taviani died of a pulmonary edema in Rome, on 29 February 2024, at

2376-463: The Golden Bear was added. The statuettes awarded as trophies are based on the Bär first created by sculptor Renée Sintenis (1888–1965) in 1932. The bear, based on the coat of arms of Berlin and depicting a bear standing on its hind legs with its arms raised, became popular in the 1930s, bringing wealth to Sintenis. Since the 3rd edition of the festival in 1953, replicas of the bear have been produced by

2448-415: The Taviani brothers began their careers as journalists. In 1960 they came to the world of cinema, directing with Joris Ivens the documentary L'Italia non è un paese povero ( Italy is not a poor country ). They went on to direct two films with Valentino Orsini , Un uomo da bruciare ( A Man to Burn ) (1962) and I fuorilegge del matrimonio ( Outlaws of Marriage ) (1963). Their first anonymous film

2520-494: The Taviani brothers transposed in 18th century Naples the story from Tolstoy's Father Sergius . From then onwards, the Tavianis' inspiration proved faltering. Successes like Le affinità elettive , (1996, from Goethe ) and an attempt to woo the international audiences like Good morning Babilonia , (1987), on the pioneers of cinema history, alternate with lesser films like Fiorile (1993) and Tu ridi (1996), inspired by

2592-565: The USE , co-produced by Renzo Rossellini and directed by Michele Dioma. In the last part of his life he lived on the Via Gregoriana in Rome near the Spanish Steps . In April 2010, his wife Giancarla Mandelli died. Rosi died on 10 January 2015 at the age of 92, whilst at home, as a result of complications from bronchitis . A memorial service was held in Rome on 10 January with the viewing of

2664-609: The Zoo Palast became the main venue for the festival, and remained so until the move to Potsdamer Platz in 2000 (see Venues below). In 1963, two years after the Berlin Wall had been erected, a daily show of the Berlinale was shown on television in East Germany, with five films in competition broadcast. Controversy arose in 1964 with the rejection by Bauer, on insistence from the church, of Vilgot Sjöman 's second film, 491 , from

2736-524: The body taking place at the Casa del Cinema, and with many fellow Italian film-makers, including fellow director Giuseppe Tornatore , in attendance. The President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano , Rosi's friend from their schooldays sent roses. The director Giuseppe Piccioni said Rosi's work gave Italy "identity and dignity" continuing, "Rosi was one of those artists who lived his work like a mission." Director Paolo Sorrentino dedicates his 2015 movie Youth with

2808-467: The characters and short stories of Pirandello . In the 2000s, the brothers turned successfully to directing television films and miniseries, such as Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection (2001) and Alexandre Dumas 's Luisa Sanfelice (2004), as well as La masseria delle allodole (2007), presented at the Berlin Film Festival in the section 'Berlinale Special'. Their film Caesar Must Die won

2880-456: The competition, Der Neger Erwin , and other German producers and directors called for his resignation and proposed a boycott although no boycott took place. In 1986, Gina Lollobrigida was invited to head the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival , which awarded the Golden Bear to Reinhard Hauff 's film Stammheim . She said the majority decision was "prefabricated", and opposed it. Kosslick started making some changes to

2952-446: The competition. Werner Herzog 's first feature film, Lebenszeichen , premiered at the festival in 1968. The 20th edition of the festival in 1970 was cut short and awards not issued following controversy over the showing of Michael Verhoeven 's anti-war film o.k. . The jury, headed by American film director George Stevens , decided after a 7–2 vote to remove the film from the competition, justifying their decision by citing

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3024-409: The country between 1942 and 1978." The 58th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 played tribute to Rosi by screening 13 films in its Homage section, a feature being reserved for film-makers of outstanding quality and achievement. He received the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on 14 February 2008, accompanied by the screening of Salvatore Giuliano . In 2009 he

3096-488: The federal government to help compensate for revenue lost and additional expenditure owing to the pandemic, with funds drawn from the Neustart Kultur programme. Since 2019, Mariette Rissenbeek has been the festival's executive director; Carlo Chatrian is its artistic director . In September 2023, it was reported that artistic director Carlo Chatrian will relinquish his post after 2024 Berlinale. On 12 December 2023 it

3168-477: The festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears , are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by independent juries and organisations. The European Film Market ( EFM ),

3240-505: The festival, moving the emphasis from Hollywood in order to focus more on German and international cinema. He introduced various events to assist the development of emerging talent in German cinema. In 2010, for the 60th edition of the festival , Werner Herzog was appointed president of the jury. Also in that year, the city of Berlin unveiled its Boulevard of the Stars  [ de ] , with

3312-463: The film Kean – Genio e sregolatezza ("Kean – Genius and recklessness"), about the Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean . His emergence as a director was his 1958 film La sfida ( The Challenge ), based on the story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti , known as Pasquale 'e Nola , and Pupetta Maresca . The realist nature of this film caused a stir in alluding to mafia control of the government. Of

3384-503: The film, Rosi himself said, "A director makes his first film with passion and without regard for what has gone before". But David Shipman comments "... but this is in fact a reworking of La Terra Trema , with the Visconti arias replaced by Zavattini 's naturalism." The following year he directed The Magliari ("I magliari"), in which the main character, an Italian immigrant in Germany, travels between Hamburg and Hanover and clashes with

3456-552: The film, with a "superb unity of the landscape and people of Sicily" ... "made Rosi's international reputation." In 1963 he directed Rod Steiger in the film Hands over the City ("Le mani sulla città"), in which he denounced the collusion between the various government departments and the urban reconstruction programmes in Naples. The film was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . The film, together with Salvatore Giuliano ,

3528-544: The first of 40 stars devoted to actors and filmmakers of the German-speaking film and TV industry. First to be honoured in the Boulevard was German-American actress Marlene Dietrich . In 2012 the 100th anniversary of the historic Studio Babelsberg was celebrated at the 62nd edition of the festival , with the screening of 10 classic films made at the studios. A new Series section, devoted to longform television series ,

3600-518: The first years of the Berlin International Film Festival, which commenced in June 1951. Film historian Dr. Alfred Bauer was the festival's first director, a position he would hold until 1976. Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca opened the first festival at the Titania-Palast in Steglitz on 6 June 1951. The festival ran from 6 to 17 June, with Waldbühne being another festival venue. The winners of

3672-594: The guest of honour of the Homage section which has been run since 1977 by the Berlinale and the Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen . Awards for short films are awarded by a separate international short film jury consisting of three filmmakers and artists. As of 2022 , the short film award are: There are also awards given by separate juries or via other routes at the Berlinale. These include: The Shooting Stars Award for young European acting talent

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3744-406: The inaugural awards in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, and there were five winners of the Golden Bear , divided by categories and genres. Cinderella , which won the Golden Bear for a Music Film, also won the audience award. The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) banned the awarding of jury prizes at the festival, so between 1952 and 1955,

3816-559: The magazine L'espresso . The revolutionary theme is present both in San Michele aveva un gallo (1971), an adaptation of Tolstoy 's novel The Divine and the Human , a film greatly appreciated by critics, and in the film Allonsanfan (1974), in which Marcello Mastroianni has a role as an ex-revolutionary who has served a long term in prison and now views his idealistic youth in a much more realistic light, and nevertheless gets entangled in

3888-510: The master of the ‘cine-investigation’ and an influence on several generations of artists, including the likes of Martin Scorsese , Francis Ford Coppola , Roberto Saviano and Paolo Sorrentino . Interviewed by The New York Times after Rosi's death, actor John Turturro who played Primo Levi in Rosi's last film The Truce , called Rosi "something of a mentor". He said, "I would never have read all of Primo Levi’s work if not for him. There are

3960-403: The moment it means that both films end dispiritedly, and they are further weakened by an uncertain grasp of narrative – though that is partly hidden in the vigorous handling of individual scenes and the photography of Gianni Di Venanzo . Rosi was one of the central figures of the politicised post- neorealist 1960s and 1970s of Italian cinema, along with Gillo Pontecorvo , Pier Paolo Pasolini ,

4032-535: The mystery of Rosi's best work – an enquiry where at least half the answers are withheld. In this enquiry there is a respect for the historical process, but the usual magisterial blend of art and dialectic is softened by a sympathy much deeper than that of Il Momento Della Verità . The occasional self-conscious shot that we associate with peasantry cannot mar it." After another successful film Three Brothers ("Tre fratelli", 1981), with Philippe Noiret , Michele Placido and Vittorio Mezzogiorno , Rosi wanted to film

4104-513: The novel The Truce by Primo Levi , but the writer's suicide, in April 1987, forced the cancellation of the project. The film was finally made in 1997. He directed a film adaptation of Carmen (1984) with Plácido Domingo and subsequently he worked on Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), adapted from the novel by Gabriel García Márquez , which starred Gian Maria Volonté, Ornella Muti , Rupert Everett , Anthony Delon and Lucia Bosè . The film

4176-548: The preceding year. As of 2024 the festival is composed of eight different sections: "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" (Perspectives on German Cinema) was created in 2002 by incoming director Dieter Kosslick with Alfred Holighaus. This was dropped from 2024 Berlinale due to budget cuts. A section called "Culinary Cinema" had also been introduced by Kosslick in 2007, as well as a series called "NATIVe" (for indigenous filmmakers) in 2013; however, these were dropped after his departure in 2019. The Golden Bear ( Goldener Bär )

4248-454: The preparation of The Mattei Affair Rosi was in contact with Mauro De Mauro , the Sicilian journalist murdered in mysterious circumstances for reasons which, it is suspected, included an investigation on behalf of Rosi, into the death of the president of the Italian state-owned oil and gas conglomerate Eni . Lucky Luciano (1973) starred Gian Maria Volonté with Steiger in a sub-plot about another Italo-American. Edmond O'Brien featured as

4320-542: The protagonist. It won the Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival and was to win BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1983. Rosi had been invited by the state-owned television service RAI to select a subject for filming, and the four-part television programme was cut into a 141-minute feature film which he described as "a journey through my own conscience". Shipman writes, "the film retains all

4392-439: The spectator breathless. ... This is a film, rare in the history of cinema, in which location – as opposed to decor – is a character in its own right, commenting on the action." Writing in The Observer , Russell Davies said, "Few directors select their shots with such flamboyant intelligence as this". In 1979 Rosi directed Christ Stopped at Eboli , based on the memoir of the same name by Carlo Levi , again with Volonté as

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4464-508: The stage production of a work by Salvatore Di Giacomo . He then entered the film industry and worked as an assistant to Luchino Visconti on La Terra Trema ("The Earth Trembles", 1948) and Senso ("Sense", 1954). He wrote several screenplays, including Bellissima ("Beautiful", 1951) and The City Stands Trial ("Processo alla città", 1952), and shot a few scenes of the film Red Shirts ("Camicie rosse", 1952) by Goffredo Alessandrini . In 1956 he co-directed, with Vittorio Gassman ,

4536-439: The winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members. In 1956, FIAPF formally accredited the festival and since then the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. Prior to the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961, a selection of the films were also screened in East Berlin . The fifth edition in 1955 saw the first German film to win the Golden Bear, Robert Siodmak 's Die Ratten . In 1957,

4608-407: Was I sovversivi ( The Subversives , 1967), with which they anticipated the events of 1968. With actor Gian Maria Volonté they gained attention with Sotto il segno dello scorpione ( Under the Sign of Scorpio , (1969) where one can see the echoes of Brecht , Pasolini , and Godard . In 1971, they co-signed the media campaign against Milan's police commissioner Luigi Calabresi , published in

4680-405: Was 1997's The Truce , based on holocaust survivor Levi's memoir, and starring John Turturro . Rosi described the film in a 2008 interview with Variety as being about "the return to life." In 2008 his 1963 film Hands over the City was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage 's 100 Italian films to be saved , a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of

4752-421: Was announced by the German culture ministry that Tricia Tuttle, formerly director of the BFI London Film Festival , will be the sole director of the Berlinale from April 2024. The festival is open to films of every length and genre, but there is priority given to international and European premieres, and the films need to have been completed within the year preceding the festival. Submissions open in September of

4824-405: Was awarded the Cavaliere della Legion d'Onore , in 2010 the "Golden Halberd" at the Trieste Film Festival and in May 2012 the Board of the Venice Biennale unanimously approved the proposal of its director Alberto Barber, to award Rosi the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at its 69th show. Barber praised Rosi for his "absolute rigor in historic reconstruction, never making any compromises on

4896-458: Was introduced in 2015. In June 2018, it was announced that Mariette Rissenbeek would serve as the new executive director alongside artistic director Carlo Chatrian. They assumed their posts after Kosslick's final edition in 2019. Rissenbeek became the first woman to lead the Berlinale. A shortened 71st festival took place virtually in March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . 73rd Berlin International Film Festival held in February 2023,

4968-435: Was planned as a documentary about Spain in to a film about bullfighter Miguel Marco Miguelin. Shipman comments: "The wide screen and colour footage of the corrida were incomparably superior to those seen outside Spain hitherto." After this Rosi moved into the unfamiliar world of the movie fable with More Than a Miracle (also titled Cinderella Italian Style and Happily Ever After , Italian: "C'era una volta" – "Once Upon

5040-421: Was shot in Mompox , Colombia . In 1990 he directed The Palermo Connection ("Dimenticare Palermo") with Jim Belushi , Mimi Rogers , Vittorio Gassman , Philippe Noiret and Giancarlo Giannini . He then returned to the theatre direction with the comedies of Eduardo De Filippo : Napoli milionaria! , Le voci di dentro and Filumena Marturano , all performed by Luca De Filippo. His last film as director

5112-418: Was succeeded by film journalist Wolf Donner in 1976, who gave German films higher priority. After his first Berlinale in June 1977, Donner successfully negotiated the shift of the festival from the June to February (22 February – 5 March 1978), a change which has remained ever since. That festival, the 28th edition , saw the jury award the Golden Bear to Spain for its contribution to the festival rather than

5184-467: Was the first completely in-person Berlinale since the 70th in 2020. The Berlinale is considered one of the five major film festivals in the world, alongside Venice , Cannes , Sundance and Toronto , and is the largest based on attendance. As of 2020, around 325,000 tickets were sold, and nearly 16,000 film industry professionals from 130 countries attended the festival. It is held in Berlin. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year. For

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